The human body clock may hinder space travel. I think I’m on a 30-hour rhythm, perhaps I should apply for the job. A possible solution: the ESA begins research into Alien-like hibernation pods for astronauts. I could use one of those at home.

UFO photographed over Middlesbrough, UK. Looks like a plane on an angle to me, what do you think?

Newfound comet set for end-of-year display. When will news websites learn not to date things by season…hello, there is a Southern Hemisphere too, and contrary to rumours we do have da intyanet down here too!

This happens to me all the time: family picnic ruined as frozen excrement falls from the sky, exploding the grill cooking lunch. Next time your kid says “this burger tastes like sh** dad,” think a little harder.

Randi rants about pseudoscience, the Bible Code, and Uri Geller. Maybe Randi’s got a thing for Uri, he’s always dissing him like a schoolboy with a crush.

Quote of the Day:

It is proof of a base and low mind for one to wish to think with the masses or majority, merely because the majority is the majority. Truth does not change because it is, or is not, believed by a majority of the people.

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I am particularly charmed by the woman on Randi’s site who refers to “a world consistly full of mystical nonsense and flummery” or somesuch.
You can bet she doesn’t let her kid watch LOTR or Harry Potter.
Everyone needs mysticism in their lives, be it fairies or leprechauns or elves, or angels or jinn.
My dear old Irish Grandda had his own lephrechaun that he said he brought from the old country.He lived in an old shed out the back and Grandda would often sit out there smoking his pipe and chatting to him.
All of us grandkids knew about him and knew to keep away from the shed or we would upset the leprechaun.
I wondered for years what happened to the lephrechaun when Grandda died.I suppose it is still around the old place unless someone else has found it.

RSSHey Greg,
I couldn’t find where to email you directly so I’ll just say it here…

I just recently found out about RSS. Some other sites I like to frequent use it and it seems to be great so far. You have to have the new Firefox 1.0 browser to use it, as IE doesn’t presently support it. I was just wondering if you had heard of it, see what you think of it or if it would fit in well with TDG. I think it could be awesome for TDG, live bookmarks are the way of the future!

We currently have the site setup so that you can access RSS feeds from Slashdot, space.com, Astrobiology and Betterhumans, which are then placed down the right hand side of the website. You have to be logged in as a user, and then activate those blocks in your preferences. If anyone has other RSS suggestions, then please let me know.